Re: continuation:
Lebbad
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Title:
Re: continuation:
Creator:
Lebbad
Date:
1/16/2003
Text:
Justin, You do make quite a few good points! Problem is no one wants to
Give in. Our peers have had rough times and giving up any revenue, even
though for years those revenues have bordered on obscene, is hard to
swallow.
I will give you something else to add to this equation however. I have been
shown that Silicone liners, (Alphas, Silipose etc) cost between $25.00 &
$40.00 each to manufacture. My lowest cost on any is $205.00 each!
Who is going to give in first!
L.Vincent Lebbad RTP
Owner Tech-Master CF
----- Original Message -----
From: Justin Foster < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: < <Email Address Redacted> >
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 11:46 PM
Subject: [OANDP-L] continuation:
> OK, one more try...
>
> This is not about hurting our own pocketbooks, or taking money away from
our
> families, or being a poor businessman. I think that reducing overhead, and
> subsequently reducing O&P payments is a good goal...
>
> If, as so many have pointed out to me, the reason we have to charge $3500
is
> to keep the $1500 item on the shelf while we make the prosthesis, and so
the
> user can wear it for 90 more days until we get paid... then how about
having
> the person wear a demo or used foot until we get paid, then order the foot
> and fit it. We can then reduce the reimbursement because we haven't had to
> prepay by 90-120 days on the foot.... even saving a few hundred dollars
is
> GREAT!!! That money only went to pay for the foot in advance, and served
no
> other purpose but to cover us on the next guy's foot. That is the waste I
am
> talking about, and trying to find a way to eliminate. Additionally, that
is
> just the foot of the iceberg if you will... repeating this process on
all
> modular componentry might save us and our patients (through the
> corresponding copay reduction) even a little bit of money, while still
> providing the manufacturers with the incentive to develop new technologies
> (as their prices would remain similar).
>
> We are going to have to cut costs at some point, shouldn't we at least
> attempt to be proactive and dictate our own future?
>
> Don't tell me I am stupid, or childish, or that this is not a
chat-room...
> tell me I am wrong, and why, and give us all your ideas so we can run them
> through. It is time to brainstorm, not to browbeat each other into
silence.
> Idealism is what keeps me going in a strange world.
>
> Justin Foster
> Prosthetic Resident
> Unemployed?!?
>
>
>
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>
>
Give in. Our peers have had rough times and giving up any revenue, even
though for years those revenues have bordered on obscene, is hard to
swallow.
I will give you something else to add to this equation however. I have been
shown that Silicone liners, (Alphas, Silipose etc) cost between $25.00 &
$40.00 each to manufacture. My lowest cost on any is $205.00 each!
Who is going to give in first!
L.Vincent Lebbad RTP
Owner Tech-Master CF
----- Original Message -----
From: Justin Foster < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: < <Email Address Redacted> >
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 11:46 PM
Subject: [OANDP-L] continuation:
> OK, one more try...
>
> This is not about hurting our own pocketbooks, or taking money away from
our
> families, or being a poor businessman. I think that reducing overhead, and
> subsequently reducing O&P payments is a good goal...
>
> If, as so many have pointed out to me, the reason we have to charge $3500
is
> to keep the $1500 item on the shelf while we make the prosthesis, and so
the
> user can wear it for 90 more days until we get paid... then how about
having
> the person wear a demo or used foot until we get paid, then order the foot
> and fit it. We can then reduce the reimbursement because we haven't had to
> prepay by 90-120 days on the foot.... even saving a few hundred dollars
is
> GREAT!!! That money only went to pay for the foot in advance, and served
no
> other purpose but to cover us on the next guy's foot. That is the waste I
am
> talking about, and trying to find a way to eliminate. Additionally, that
is
> just the foot of the iceberg if you will... repeating this process on
all
> modular componentry might save us and our patients (through the
> corresponding copay reduction) even a little bit of money, while still
> providing the manufacturers with the incentive to develop new technologies
> (as their prices would remain similar).
>
> We are going to have to cut costs at some point, shouldn't we at least
> attempt to be proactive and dictate our own future?
>
> Don't tell me I am stupid, or childish, or that this is not a
chat-room...
> tell me I am wrong, and why, and give us all your ideas so we can run them
> through. It is time to brainstorm, not to browbeat each other into
silence.
> Idealism is what keeps me going in a strange world.
>
> Justin Foster
> Prosthetic Resident
> Unemployed?!?
>
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online
> <URL Redacted>
>
>
Citation
Lebbad, “Re: continuation:,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed May 20, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/220325.
